1973 08 - daily - mean of NCEP Daily Minimum Temperature at 2 m, degK. BasinID Name 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 0 Pan Arctic 254.5 255.1 254.8 254.6 254.5 254.5 253.9 254.1 254.1 254.4 255.0 256.1 256.0 255.5 255.3 256.1 254.7 254.6 254.8 254.6 254.4 253.9 253.9 253.6 254.3 254.2 254.3 254.3 255.6 254.9 254.4 34 Hudson Bay 276.3 276.5 276.6 276.1 275.1 274.7 276.3 276.5 276.6 276.4 275.2 275.5 276.7 276.7 276.4 276.1 275.4 275.5 275.9 275.7 275.4 274.7 275.3 276.3 276.6 276.1 275.5 275.8 275.7 274.7 273.7 36 Hudson Strait 273.4 271.0 273.1 273.7 275.0 275.4 273.2 273.1 272.3 275.0 275.6 274.8 273.5 274.5 275.9 275.4 275.5 274.8 274.4 274.4 274.0 273.2 272.5 272.1 273.6 275.4 275.3 273.9 274.2 275.0 274.1 98 Bering Strait 249.8 250.1 250.2 252.8 253.2 248.2 243.1 238.8 242.7 241.8 242.4 246.0 247.0 248.7 249.7 247.9 247.6 252.1 253.8 250.8 257.0 246.8 248.2 256.9 254.8 253.9 249.2 247.9 251.5 251.1 255.4 128 Arctic subocean 232.4 235.8 228.2 224.4 223.8 230.8 229.4 228.9 227.3 225.9 227.4 231.3 230.0 225.3 223.6 224.1 220.6 220.8 221.6 217.6 214.3 216.3 220.9 220.3 221.6 223.4 225.5 231.4 234.7 231.2 229.7 130 Chukchi Sea 236.2 240.2 243.3 251.9 239.9 232.1 226.7 223.4 225.2 225.1 232.2 230.7 225.6 225.5 235.3 231.5 232.8 243.4 238.9 255.7 234.5 226.3 238.8 246.5 245.7 237.6 235.4 233.3 233.0 246.1 244.4 132 Beaufort Sea 260.3 257.8 256.1 256.8 262.6 265.3 260.5 260.5 262.7 262.2 260.6 264.0 267.3 266.8 265.7 262.6 260.8 260.0 259.4 258.0 263.1 269.3 262.8 260.2 262.4 259.5 259.9 257.7 256.6 256.9 258.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 243.2 239.6 247.9 247.1 241.2 246.2 249.6 248.6 252.0 256.2 253.1 249.4 249.7 254.5 253.3 250.8 249.1 247.4 245.6 241.8 236.7 243.6 258.0 247.5 246.0 251.5 245.9 240.8 241.5 239.6 236.5 136 Foxe Basin 248.9 242.8 246.1 257.4 265.1 261.2 253.5 257.7 262.6 263.6 262.4 262.8 258.1 256.7 258.1 258.7 261.5 259.6 263.0 260.1 247.0 240.6 246.4 262.9 266.6 267.6 260.4 249.3 256.2 259.6 243.0 138 Baffin Bay 237.5 236.6 228.9 231.8 234.2 236.4 233.6 232.9 233.8 228.0 227.1 229.6 233.5 231.7 229.0 229.4 226.2 226.4 226.8 227.7 226.1 222.9 224.2 230.5 229.7 229.4 233.3 235.2 239.5 232.7 225.5 139 South Greenland 246.6 249.6 247.9 240.8 240.7 238.7 242.6 247.2 242.6 236.6 238.4 246.8 253.6 243.9 240.0 244.9 241.7 238.2 237.6 239.5 247.1 240.0 237.0 236.9 248.8 249.8 250.3 253.2 250.2 243.4 235.2 140 Greenland Sea 233.8 237.7 231.7 231.1 231.1 233.5 230.3 230.6 230.4 224.6 229.3 235.7 235.8 226.7 223.1 226.1 224.3 226.3 224.3 219.6 223.5 225.8 225.5 222.7 226.1 221.6 220.7 226.1 240.3 235.8 230.0 142 Norwegian Sea 233.9 233.9 235.3 237.4 245.0 246.9 251.1 240.6 232.6 233.3 238.1 242.7 240.1 235.4 238.8 240.6 235.2 236.1 238.5 236.6 235.2 239.3 244.1 244.1 234.2 230.1 234.8 232.9 232.4 237.8 249.7 144 Barents Sea 238.8 243.8 239.9 246.0 240.5 235.7 234.2 245.0 235.5 242.3 245.8 244.2 238.1 236.4 239.2 245.1 241.0 240.7 242.7 236.3 234.6 231.3 227.9 229.3 239.7 244.0 244.6 236.6 237.1 237.7 238.9 146 Kara Sea 256.9 257.6 259.6 258.3 259.2 260.2 259.4 257.8 258.7 259.2 260.2 260.8 258.9 257.3 256.5 256.9 256.3 257.4 259.1 259.2 257.6 259.9 258.0 255.5 256.1 255.5 255.3 257.8 260.0 261.2 262.8 148 Laptev Sea 249.0 251.0 249.2 248.4 247.2 249.3 250.4 251.5 249.6 251.9 253.7 253.6 252.9 253.9 254.4 257.2 255.2 251.3 251.7 255.8 254.4 250.1 249.6 248.5 245.1 247.6 250.7 251.7 250.6 248.4 246.9 150 East Siberian Sea 248.3 248.1 244.1 239.4 241.3 235.4 233.3 235.0 235.7 236.0 236.1 238.4 240.0 246.9 248.6 250.1 250.3 248.1 242.6 238.9 239.6 242.1 251.3 250.5 247.0 241.0 245.7 246.1 250.2 247.6 248.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 261.0 260.7 259.0 270.0 266.9 258.6 257.6 254.3 260.7 257.6 261.0 257.9 256.7 258.2 258.2 260.6 258.4 263.6 264.8 266.5 272.4 259.3 254.6 265.5 264.9 269.4 262.5 255.0 262.0 260.2 267.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 268.2 267.8 268.5 272.4 264.1 263.2 264.4 263.1 266.9 266.1 262.8 258.9 259.6 261.6 261.9 267.8 262.4 272.2 269.8 273.1 269.8 261.2 261.9 271.0 269.7 270.2 267.8 265.6 269.8 270.9 270.5